More ROCK from MATSURI
The fire is on… and the audience responded….the temp rose at Meguro LiveStation
Next band up presented some familiar faces as well as new young and upcoming talents勝城セッション – 佐藤勝城 西田竜一 安藤淳平 YOR☆N 松原ひろし Reds☆

若く才能ある佐藤勝城が注目を集めた、ここだけのセッションバンドです。A session band for the occasion with Young talent 佐藤勝城 [Katsushiro Sato] in focus

下はプロのフォトグラファYasuhiro Watanabeさんが撮影した、MATSURIで演奏してる勝城セッションの写真です。Watanabeさんの写真の掲載許可をいただけて、
The Pink Spider WebとMATSURIのプロデューサーは心から感謝しています。
PSWと一緒に、Watanabeさんのフェイスブックページをフォローしてぜひ応援してください。Watanabeさんの今後の情報はフェイスブックページにて：https://www.facebook.com/gibsonthev
The Pink Spider WebだけがMATSURIの公式ブログとなります。
Below are photos of 勝城セッション at the MATSURI by professional photographer
Yasuhiro Watanabe.
The Pink Spider Web and MATSURI producers are very grateful for his kindness of letting us publish his photos on our site.
Please support him and follow his facebook page for more information as well as join us in thanking him.https://www.facebook.com/gibsonthev
The Pink Spider Web is the only official site for MATSURI

First encounter with QUORUM for the Pink Spider Web was at Meguro RockMeykan, and it was clear from the get go that this band is unique in more ways than one.
Not only do they play a genre not commonly heard these days, they also manage to step out of the Japanese comfort zone and play music more related to USA than to Japan.
They play it, as well as perform it, all the way to the very last groove.
You can listen to QUORUM and read more about them here:http://quorum-rock.com

The Pink Spider Web is convinced that you will also find these guys very unique, talented and professional
If you have chance to see them live, don’t think about it twice, just do it;
You wont regret it

What made this session extra fun to see was the collaboration between musicians and the playful performance that included the young talent 佐藤勝城
Music really connects people – Musicians and audience, audience and audience, but also musicians and musicians!
It was great to watch them having so much fun on stage..

Next month QUORUM is going on a US Tour
Please support them, visit their live gigs if you have a chance, and help spread the tour dates!
3-19 they will perform at the Japan preview Day at SXSW 2015 in Austin
and 3-20 at the following Japan Nite at SXSW 2015 in Austin
3-22 Double Door – Chicago
3-23 Ruby Tuesday – Columbus
3-24 Knitting factory – New York
3-26 Slingshot Fest – Athens
3-27 Lions Lair Lounge – Denver
3-28 Bootlet Theater – Los Angeles
3-29 TBA Long Beach or San Diego, CA
3-20 Independent – San Francisco
Please check back for more detailshttps://www.facebook.com/QUORUM
orhttps://www.facebook.com/ThePinkSpiderWeb

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下はプロのフォトグラファYasuhiro Watanabeさんが撮影した、MATSURIで演奏してる北川遊太 Sessionbandの写真です。Watanabeさんの写真の掲載許可をいただけて、
The Pink Spider WebとMATSURIのプロデューサーは心から感謝しています。
PSWと一緒に、Watanabeさんのフェイスブックページをフォローしてぜひ応援してください。Watanabeさんの今後の情報はフェイスブックページにて：https://www.facebook.com/gibsonthev
The Pink Spider WebだけがMATSURIの公式ブログとなります。
Below are photos of 北川遊太 Session band at the MATSURI by professional photographerYasuhiro Watanabe.
The Pink Spider Web and MATSURI producers are very grateful for his kindness of letting us publish his photos on our site.
Please support him and follow his facebook page for more information as well as join us in thanking him.https://www.facebook.com/gibsonthev
The Pink Spider Web is the only official site for MATSURI

After this stellar performance three very well known Tokyo bands were due up
in this blog we will feature one more
(They Final two: AURA and HeavensDust will be on the next blog)

YOU-DIE!!! ＆ ザ・リーゼンツ

The Pink Spider Web has seen YOU-DIE!!! ＆ ザ・リーゼンツ at
南青山RedShoes and they can really rock and roll a crowd.
They look, feel, act, and play like the real Rock N Roll deal…the works!
Let’s take you back in time.. to the Rock N’ Roll time….

There are MANY live gigs in Tokyo. Every night of the week, year around there is so much to choose from that it can even be difficult to choose.MATSURI was however not just another Live gig with some bands on stage…
First of alll at MATSURI 11 ! bands performed, but still this was not what made MATSURI unique…
The ingredient that made MATSURI a memory for life was the fact that in the center of it all, as organizer and creative brain behind it all, was the talented vocalist from Aura:Reds☆

He is not only charismatic and an amazing performer on stage; he also cares about his audience and goes beyond what is normally done at a live gig. He is a natural born entertainer but there is more to it….
He makes sure that everyone feels they are PART of the FUN.
Hence his stage name from way back when is みんなのReds / Everyone’s Reds
He also cares for other musicians. For him this is not a competition, but a passion for music and rock life.
He radiates the message: “Come on, join the fun!”
This is what MATSURI was all about –ROCK together , SMILE together, FUN together
and when an organizer and producer has this attitude, it certainly is contagious
It sets the emotional bar for everyone present!
and the recipe certainly worked… it felt like a Party with Live music on stage!

Jack from ザ・ビールス & Taka , Dr. BLADE™ (a band not performing at MATSURI)
BLADE™ has a live gig at the Club Sensation January 31. For more information about that live gig and other intersting upcoming gigs and music news check in at https://www.facebook.com/ThePinkSpiderWeb

The evening’s entertaining MC: 喜国雅彦 and Reds☆

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次のバンド(この夜の4番目)はJESSY
Next band up (4th this evening) was JESSY
Their setlist
1.Broken wall
2.DICE
3.Cold turky
4.CHERISHED MEMORIES

Below are photos of JESSY at the MATSURI by professional photographerYasuhiro Watanabe.
The Pink Spider Web and MATSURI producers are very grateful for his kindness of letting us publish his photos on our site.
Please support him and follow his facebook page for more information as well as join us in thanking him.https://www.facebook.com/gibsonthev
The Pink Spider Web is the only official site for MATSURI

Now next band up is a very special band…GROWING’SFumisato gu. , Yukichika Dr. and Junpei Ba.Fumisato on guitar is10 years old and Yukichika on drums 13 years old
However they are not specially treated for being kids,
they ARE artists just like the rest tonightFumisato has an amazing stage presence and charisma and he acts and behaves totally professional on stage. He plays the guitar, he interacts with the audience like the real rocker he is!
When he is on stage he has total contact with the audience and he OWNS the stage!
Of course it is also really heart warming to see the older rockers care for these guys …

and last but not least band out on this second blog from MATSURI …
A band the Pink Spider Web has seen Live many times and
they are great… They give it all and there is no doubt they enjoy being on stageThey ROCK….

The Beers is a really good live band. They are visually interesting, they are energetic,
they have their own style… somewhat punkish..but definitely with a Japanese twist
This band is a PSW favorite for sure… then again we were fortunate to see several favorites at MATSURI
Their stage names as they state them on their Facebook page:

This brave fighting girl is amazing. The Beer’s bassist Chochirow; on stage she made an unfortunate jump and broke her leg, but look at this smile!
She is always in our thoughts and we wish her a fast recovery!
We certainly wish her back on stage soon!

The Beers were also active in the audience and always ready to give a smile or entertain….
Photos below by The Pink Spider Web

近日中にまたMATSURIの情報をアップしますので楽しみにしててくださいね！

今度はReds(ボーカル)とRyuichi Nishida(最高のドラマー)のセッションバンド

QUODRUMのYuta KitagawaとShintaraのセッションバンド

そしてYOU DIE!!! & ザ・リーゼンツとAURAとHeavensDust
We will soon be back with more from MATSURI so stay tuned!
Coming up is a session band with Reds on vocals and the talented drummer Ryuichi Nishida
Yuta Kitagawa and Shintaro from QUORUM in a session band,YOU-DIE!!! ＆ ザ・リーゼンツ, AURA and HeavensDust

April 28th The Pink Spider Web went to目黒 鹿鳴館 – Meguro Rock Maykan
for an event with MAD’s metal friends
AT this live 4 bands played and one of them,

QUORUM

was the primary reason I went there.
Of course MAD was a big reason too.
Other bands that night were:
Bell’s Fire, 5X and MAD’s metal friends…

The Pink Spider Web actually went to see them for a One Man Live
May 31, so keep coming back here and read more about them.QUORUM plays a classic bluesy kind of rock and I will upload a video momentarily (see next blog post).
QUORUM is:
Shinta Vo.
Yuta Gu.
Yukito Ba.
Tatsuya Dr.

If you want to hear more about them you can visit their home page or contact
The Pink Spider Web if you are interested in buying their music.QUORUM has their own OHP here: http://quorum-rock.com/and now and then they post events on Facebook as well.

So for the past 11 days I have been to 11 Live gigs….
(one night I switched venue mid-evening, so yes there was one night without a gig).

This means that I have had absolutely no time to process photos and videos in between.
I take approximately between 300-500 photos each night,
so the work accumulates very fast and BIG time.

On top of it I’m trying to continue the development of this site so you all can enjoy the full site in the future.
Tonight and tomorrow are the two last nights out and about around Live gigs and the Golden Week, amazing one at that, is soon over.

Until I can take some time next week to look through all the photos and videos, I wanted to share with you the Final Fun last night where everyone is up on stage just having FUN!

It’s PARTY time with Adelheid, CLACK-NASH, Moneyqueen, BRUNET BULL…. enjoy…

TSP is band I have been wanting to see but never had a chance to until now.TSP was formed in 2010 by Taiji (X Japan, LOUDNESS, D.T.R, Taiji with Heaven’s and more….)TSP – Taiji & Shu Project – had Taiji on bass and Shu on Guitar (Cloud Nine, Crazy Quarter Mile), vocalist Dai (Taiji with Heaven’s) and drummer Hina (Crazy Quarter Mile).
You can read more about their current line up on there site (link below)
Other bands on Friday:
Sense Of Stability(OA)
almoSphere
Fear From The Hate
HARVEST

Photo is from their web site 4-24-13:http://www.tsprock.jp/

and here’s a video with a song I really like

TSP -“ASH & RAIN”

April 27 is VoRCHAOS

….you all know how close VoRCHAOS is to my heart (｡´ ‿｀♡)They are so skilled, so full of passion for what they create and perform,
and five totally pleasant and charming guys!

Listen to them on Soundcloud

(from 2011 recordings).They will be releasing a full album this coming FALL!

or check a few posts down here on the Pink Spider Web’s Blog for a video.

I want to tell you about a sweet and very talented guy I met last week. His name is Yuta.

First time I met him was at Yoyogi ‘Zher the Zoo’ on Friday (4-19) when my friend Yusuke (Dr. Moneyqueen) was playing at an After party for Heesey’s Birthday Live.
Yusuke was of course very busy, so he introduced me to his friend Yuta. People in Japan are considerate, thoughtful and kind like this!

We had a great time together across the language barriers. We then ‘ran’ into each other again on Saturday night in a bar in Shimokitazawa, as well as on Sunday at Club Sensation for BLADE.

Yuta plays guitar in QUORUM. I have never heard QUORUM play Live yet, but I’m pretty sure it will be good times.
Yuta is a talented musician himself, so I’m sure he wont bargain with what the band does together.

Just listen to this!!! I liked it the first time I heard it.
Second time I was like ‘woah what a voice’ ..he ‘feels’ it… he has it…. and then yeah …then the guitar….Mmmmmm..
Third time I was hooked…

so I don’t only listen to heavy rock …
I just listen to what I feel reverberates within me.
And it can differ from one day to another what I ‘plug into my ears’
That’s why I have a hard time with questions like:
Who is your favorite artist? Which band is your favorite one? etc etc

This song “above with Yuta for ex gives me peace and loving feelings….